Marcelo in the Real World is a novel by Franciso Stork, published in 2009. The book follows a seventeen-year-old autistic boy named Marcelo Sandoval. After many years in school for special needs children, Marcello's father has him work at his law firm to get experience in the "real world." There he meets Jasmine, a caring supervisor, and Wendell, a greedy and immature young man obsessed with Jasmine. The story follows Marcelo as he is exposed to society's hypocrisies and suffering, eventually reemerging a changed but optimistic person.
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